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Name: Hephaestus Salvage & Repair ship
Type: Mobile spacedock platform
Registration: Scorpia registry
Specifications: L: 715' W: 285' H: 245'

Description: When other members of the ragtag fleet cannot go on, it falls to the people and facilities of the Colonial Salvage and Repair Platform, aka "Flattop," to restore them to operation. Currently undersupplied (just like the rest of the fleet), this mobile spacedock is invaluable simply as a piggyback for crippled ships, so as to keep the fleet moving. In rare cases when a member of the fleet is damaged beyond repair, it is the responsibility of the Flattop's repair crew to scavenge the lost vessel for parts, fuel, and raw materials. The platform also serves as an all-purpose junkyard and as a testing ground for captured enemy ship technology.  It is capable of manufacturing Vipers and Viper parts for the Galactica if needed.